Zaandam, the Netherlands, 2014-10-13— /EPR Retail News/ — Ahold has repurchased 1,705,159 Ahold common shares in the period from October 6, 2014 up to and including October 10, 2014.
The shares were repurchased at an average price of € 12.3636 per share for a total consideration of € 21.08 million. These repurchases were made as part of…
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LAS VEGAS, 2014-10-13— /EPR Retail News/ — The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) announced the election of its 2014-15 Executive Committee during its Board of Directors meeting at the NACS Show in Las Vegas.
Steve Loehr, vice president of operations support at La Crosse, Wisconsin-based Kwik Trip, was named the association's 2014-15 chairman. Loehr also chairs…
NRF Foundation to Bring Together Industry Leaders, Tomorrow’s Retail Stars for Inaugural Gala at Retail’s BIG Show
WASHINGTON, 2014-10-10— /EPR Retail News/ — The NRF Foundation today announced it will host its inaugural Gala on January 11, 2015 at Pier Sixty in New York City in celebration of the imagination, inspiration and innovation at work in…
LONDON, 2014-10-10— /EPR Retail News/ — Overall shop prices reported deflation for the seventeenth consecutive month, accelerating to 1.8% in September from 1.6% in August.
Food inflation remained at 0.3% in September – equalling the lowest ever recorded.
Fresh food inflation was flat for September; this is the first month since Feb 2010 that the category hasn't…
ALEXANDRIA, VA, 2014-10-10— /EPR Retail News/ — One in nine American adults has worked in a convenience store and they say that the experience gave them valuable experience in how to work with people, how to manage processes and how to run a business, according to a national consumer survey released today by the National Association…
LAS VEGAS, 2014-10-10— /EPR Retail News/ — The newly released NACS “Ideas 2 Go” DVD is now available for purchase.
The DVD features the 50-plus minute “Ideas 2 Go” presentation that was shown in today’s standing-room-only NACS Show general session. NACS member companies can purchase a copy of the 2014 NACS “Ideas 2 Go” DVD (SKU #30088021) for…
LAS VEGAS, 2014-10-10— /EPR Retail News/ — The National Association of Convenience Stores (NACS) announced the election of five retail members to serve on its Board of Directors. The new members were named to their positions during the NACS Board of Directors meeting at the NACS Show in Las Vegas.
The NACS retail members elected to serve…
Board names proven company veteran Peck to become CEO in early 2015 as Murphy transitions from the company; Bob Fisher to become Chairman of the Board
SAN FRANCISCO, 2014-10-10— /EPR Retail News/ — Gap Inc. today announced that Art Peck, the president of its Growth, Innovation and Digital division, has been selected by the Board of Directors to…
SAN FRANCISCO, 2014-10-10— /EPR Retail News/ — Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) today reported that September 2014 net sales were up 1 percent compared with last year. Net sales for the five-week period ended October 4, 2014 were $1.48 billion compared with net sales of $1.46 billion for the five-week period ended October 5, 2013.
“September proved to be…
Arlington, VA, 2014-10-10— /EPR Retail News/ — The National Grocers Association (NGA) is pleased to announce that Greg Gregerson, president and CEO of Gregerson's Foods and Pharmacy, Inc., has been presented with the NGA Spirit of America Award at the Alabama's Food Industry Finest Luncheon, held Wednesday, October 8. The award is one of NGA's top honors and recognizes…
FORT LEE, Va., 2014-10-10— /EPR Retail News/ — Commissary customers and employees donated nearly a million pounds of food and other needed items to local food banks and charitable organizations during the annual Feds Feed Families campaign, June 1-Sept. 12.
"Our customers and employees continue to support this program in an even bigger way every year," said DeCA…
Paderborn, Germany, 2014-10-9— /EPR Retail News/ — The U.S. market research firm IDC has published a white paper entitled “Optimizing customer experience through innovative management of the ATM fleet” commissioned by Wincor Nixdorf explaining how banks can benefit operationally and financially by outsourcing the management of their ATM network to an expert third-party provider.
For banks,…
Sydney, 2014-10-9— /EPR Retail News/ — CBRE has been named Commercial Agency of the Year at the 2014 Real Estate Institute of New South Wales Awards for Excellence.
CBRE’s Shaun Kenney was also named Commercial Property Manager of the Year at the prestigious awards, which recognise outstanding achievements and innovation in all fields of real estate practice.
CBRE…
Office Market Posts Strongest Vacancy Decline in Eight Years
Los Angeles, 2014-10-9— /EPR Retail News/ — The U.S. commercial real estate market strengthened strongly across all property types in the third quarter of 2014 (Q3 2014), with the office sector delivering its best performance in eight years, according to the latest analysis from CBRE Group, Inc.
The office…
PARIS, 2014-10-9— /EPR Retail News/ — This week, French magazine Enjeux les Echos published a list of companies in the CAC 40 which were found to be the most committed to a CSR strategy. Carrefour was in joint first position, alongside Airbus, Schneider Electric and Lafarge.
The survey conducted by Enjeux les Echos set out to gauge…
Company outlines opportunities to achieve $1.2 Billion in EBITDA by 2017
Key initiatives include revitalizing center core, driving increased home store productivity and maximizing omnichannel capabilities
Plans include opening additional Sephora inside JCPenney locations and more than 100 new Disney shops
PLANO, Texas, 2014-10-9— /EPR Retail News/ — At its 2014 analyst meeting in New York City…
Keasbey, NJ, 2014-10-9— /EPR Retail News/ — ShopRite and Kimberly-Clark have partnered to bring trees to the city of Newark with a donation of $50,000 to the Greater Newark Conservancy’s summer Urban Tree Tenders intern program. The Urban Tree Tenders program provides supervised training for Newark youth in landscaping and horticulture to increase employability and earning potential.…
MANCHESTER, UK, 2014-10-9— /EPR Retail News/ — Good causes will bag more than just the 5p carrier bag charge from The Co-operative Food in Scotland.
The community retailer today (Wednesday, 8 October) pledged to reinvest profits from its entire carrier bag range, and not just the 5p charge on single-use carrier bags, to good causes.
The Co-operative…
MANCHESTER, UK, 2014-10-9— /EPR Retail News/ — Firefighters from Penzance attended The Co-operative Food in Newlyn today (Wednesday, 8 October) after responding to a call to re-launch the new-look food store for the community.
Members of Orange Watch last attended the store in mid-July when a fire in the early hours of the morning caused extensive…
Wincor Nixdorf to Feature Products at NACS Show October 7-10, 2014 in Las Vegas
Paderborn, Germany, 2014-10-8— /EPR Retail News/ — Wincor Nixdorf, a global leader in advanced and innovative retail technologies, announced in June 2014 it will form a global alliance with Wayne Fueling Systems and will showcase hardware and software solutions for fuel and convenience…
SEATTLE, 2014-10-8— /EPR Retail News/ — Starbucks and its customers are donating $75,000 to Seahawks Coach Pete Carroll’s A Better Seattle – the coach’s initiative to reduce youth violence by providing education, resources and opportunities through outreach workers in several Western Washington cities.
Part of the $75,000 contribution comes from customers in Washington who used a…
São Paulo, Brazil, 2014-10-8— /EPR Retail News/ — Following the opening of Brazil's first convenience store on 28 August, a second Express store has just opened in São Paulo. Located in Rua Pamplona – just a few roads from the famous Avenue Paulista – the store is in one of São Paulo's major tourist and…
Walmart’s Fight Hunger. Spark Change. Campaign distributes $3.7 million in donations to help fight U.S. hunger
Bentonville, Ark., 2014-10-8— /EPR Retail News/ — From Sept.15 to Oct. 5, more than 362,000 votes were cast for 129 participating Feeding America food banks as part of Walmart’s Fight Hunger. Spark Change. Campaign. Local communities rallied together throughout the month…
AUSTIN, Minn., 2014-10-8— /EPR Retail News/ — Hy-Vee, Inc. officials announced today that it would return to its roots in Austin with plans to build a new 60,000 – 90,000-square-foot grocery store at Oak Park Mall — the location of Hy-Vee’s original Austin store.
“We’ve been a part of this community for almost 40 years, and it’s…
Helsinki, Finland, 2014-10-7— /EPR Retail News/ — Kesko seeks more competitive multi-channel home and speciality goods trade and aims to achieve synergies especially in the production of online services and the development of concepts. At the same time, a basis to improve profitability is formed, the organisational structure is evaluated, the combination of the building and…
Optimism Shines as National Retail Federation Forecasts Holiday Sales to Increase 4.1
Washington, 2014-10-7— /EPR Retail News/ — After a turbulent start to 2014, the National Retail Federation announced today it expects sales in November and December (excluding autos, gas and restaurant sales) to increase a healthy 4.1 percent to $616.9 billion, higher than 2013’s actual 3.1…
SEATTLE, 2014-10-7— /EPR Retail News/ — A quick learner and natural leader, Lauren Esveld didn’t need a college education to get ahead.
She landed her first retail job at the age of 16 and began managing a store two years later. After a dozen years of increasing responsibility with a clothing retailer, she joined Starbucks four…
Cheshunt, England, 2014-10-7— /EPR Retail News/ — Tesco PLC today announces that Richard Cousins and Mikael Ohlsson will join the Board of Tesco on 1 November 2014 as Non-executive Directors.
Richard has been Group CEO of Compass Group PLC since 2006. He was a Non-executive Director of Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC from 2009 until May 2014 and…
Centers of Excellence Program to Provide Services for Breast, Lung and Colorectal Cancers
BENTONVILLE, Ark., 2014-10-7— /EPR Retail News/ — Building on its innovative program that has enhanced the quality of health care for its associates, Walmart announced it is expanding its Centers of Excellence program to include three cancers with Mayo Clinic, one of the nation’s…
Matthews, N.C., 2014-10-7— /EPR Retail News/ — Harris Teeter is proud to welcome shoppers to its Madison & St. Asaph store at The Kingsley on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014. The company is celebrating its grand opening with a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5:30 p.m. followed by a sampling event featuring Harris Teeter brand products.
Harris Teeter was co-founded…